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Note: This medal is part of a series ordered by Peter the Great in Germany, from Phillipp Heinrich Mueller, a well-known medal die-cutter from Augsburg, to commemorate Russian victories in the war with Sweden of 1702-1714. However, our specimen is a later copy executed by Timofey Ivanov, who was active as a die-cutter at St. Petersburg Mint from 1750 through 1796. The medal commemorated the foundation of St. Petersburg and its harbor and shipyard on May 16, 1703.